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4 Sheets-Sheet 1.

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J. W. WHITE. WIRE WEAVING LOOM.

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J. W. WHITE. WIRE WEAVING LOOM.

No. 547,530. I Patented O0t.8,1895.

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' v WIRE WEAVING LOOP/i. -5 Patented 60%;.8, 1895.

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4 Sheets-Sheet 4 J. WWI-UTE. V WIRE WEAVING LOOM. No. 547,530. Patented Oct. 8, 1895.

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Unites TYLER WIRE Vi ORKS i. ATiiiN i csi OR 013 ONE-HALF TO THE CQMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FSZPEGIZEEOATIQN financing; part of fiietae to mass its. erases, catacombs? s, 1895.

Application scant 31,1535. Serial is 551,10? some.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jossrs WAVHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cleve 7 land, in the coiiuty of Cuyahoga and State of 5- Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Weaving Looms; and I do hereby declare thatthc following is a full, clear, and. exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to '10 which it appertains tc make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in wire-weaving looms; and the object of the inveution'is to provide'means for more advan tageously and uniformly operating the shuttle z 5 and its carrier than has hitherto been attained, In the machine upon which this invention is an improvement the actuating mechanism for the shuttle and its carrier was down at the bottom of the lay, and part of it was snbstanzo tially on a plane on the lay and part on the loom-frame, and clutches on said parts, re spectively, came into engagement when the lay swung back'and actuated the shuttle-op erating' mechanism; but this always was a violent engagement and actuation and hence objectionable, and I therefore conceived the present engagement, whereby an easy and natural and regular movement is substituted, and the actuating mechanism is located'where go it is not afiected one way or another by the vibrations of the lay.

To these ends'the invention consists in the construction and combination oi parts, substantially as shown and described, and par In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. loom equipped with my improvements; butonly such parts thereof are shown as are necessary to show the improvements and their operation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the loom shown in Fig. 1, portions of the same being broken away to more clearly disclose the construction. Fig. 3 is a plan view, looking down upon Fig. 1-. Fig. 4 is a .5 detail in elevation of certain parts of the novel actuating mechanism. Fig. 5 is an edge ele- 'vationof the lower portion of Fig. 4, looking to the left or from the position of l i 5 Fig.

6 is a sectional elevation corresponding with cam. mechanism and its connections for actu in the several figures, A designates the frame of the loom wherever it may appear, and Bis the lay or batten. It will be noticed in Fig. 2 5 5 that the nation is pivoted on the frame A hy means of the two-threaded and'pointed pivot pins 2, which are set in smallcavities inthe steel centering-blocirs 3., At the side of the frame A and opposite to the said pivotpoints of the 12.3; are outwardly-extending rackets 4, each supporting a. pulley 5, hjaving flanged channel about its periphery adapted to receive the belts 6. These belts are connected at their lower ends withzthe shuttle-carrier 8 and at their upper ends-with their respective pulleys 5 and arekept stretched or taut, so'that the shuttle-carrier receives prompt and positive movement back forthwhen the sheaves 5 are-ro- M ted in either direction. Obviously there must he an alternating rotation in these sheaves, first turning together in one direction and. then in the opposite direction and always a snfiicient distance to carry the shuttle to the end ct its travel. It willbe noticed. that the shafts 9, which support the sheaves 5', are on the same horizontal plane cxactly'as' the pivot-points of the lay, so that while the shuttle swings back and forth with the lay 8c and the sheaves are stationary there isno disturbance of the belts or cords connecting the sheaves and shuttle. Now, in order to operate these sheaves 5 in the manner and at the time desired, 1 have provided mechanism 85 which is always in gearand which needs simply to come around in its time to rotate the sheaves. Thus upon the shaft 9,'at each side, is a miter-gear 10, which meshes with a driving bevel-gear 12, This driving-gear on each 0 side of the loom is lined upon the shaft 13, which carries a pinion 14 near one end. A segmental gear 15,011 a substantially-triaugular frame 16, meshes with this pinion 14. The frame or triangle 16 is pivoted at Hand 5 has a limited swing thereon, being itself act nated by a connecting has or rod ,18, which,

atits opposite and, is connected with the ellipticsl gear 20. This gearQO is supported upon the inclined bar 21 of the main frame and. :00 upon one sidehas a channeled arm 22, in which is engaged an adjustable bearing-bolt for the co'nnecting-bar-lS. gfiencerlfcan give more or less throw to, the triangle/16 end in point.

determined triangle,

ting; the eonncetirig-her l8 ncnrer to m 1 from the center of the ellipse 20, and one "the throw of this connecting-her the rotation of the pinion 1%,end ie grenter atlno the throwolf the shut- ,l' ti on the oppoeite side of the ellipse 2O 1 iuljuetehlc stops 24.- opposite one another ttiltl oi the extremities of the ellipse. These here the innetion and purpose cl"; engaging the smooth periphery oi lllfiCOlllPOSltO wheel Thie wheel ie lined upon countcrehelt 26 rt hioned to o perfect circle, except at one eide, where it has a segmental geor28, out of he own vertical plane, but in n nlene to with the geerml ellipse 20. Power is hell to the shaft :26 through a lnrgo genrirheel ill? thereon meehing with the (.lriving pinion 1:50 on the powornllefc 31, having driveginlleye iil,

.llllhllltl; now the foregoing construction]rind tltilllit tlll ol pints and assuming that the power 1 applied. and the machine storied, all he izerte from tho drive-pulley to the Wheel rouneeled and kept in constant action; hut l'ror Wheel .lm'irard toward the shut tie the notion will be intermittent and there will he no clutching or violent starting at any The intermittent action in first shown noon the ellipse 20, which will always receive it lulllY-rotntion through the segment -28 end will he let: each time either in the identical role on seen in Fig. .l or in the reverse relelion, and first one we and then the other ollernzitely, the stops 24 each time resting on the periphery of the wheel and serving to liinitthemovementoi'thcellipse. 'lhelongth of time ll tiring which the ellipse remninsqniet by the time taken for the Wheel 95 to complete a, rotation from disengagement to engagement of segment 28, and this is timed to suit the demands of the shuttle, so that just enough throw thereof and no more shell he nintlc. lmn'lediolely after the seginen iooresthe ellipse 2O thestop 24-01-0 18 onto the smooth surface of wheel 25 and the ellipse remains at rest. In this operation the l ipg. 4,15 first in the position, say, an ehown in. Enid figure, and then in. the reveree petition, end so on nltcrnetely. It will he noon in El that the shett lti line a bevel-gear 12 n1; eneh end. and each meshing with n hovel pinion l0. 'lheee genre and pinions ore of the some oize, respectively, so thet by rotetmg; it in both sheaves 5 will be turned netly like,

the ehnttle.

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roe?) nreeot thereby giving uniform action to it will be seen that the somewhat et en inclination to o. vertical plane, so to th row them into the mine plene exactly as they lie when it is in it. hook. stroke and when the shuttle is thrown This keeps the t or carried from rude to side. v roll; or cord 8 olwnye on its ehoeves and in free ope-retire relation.

i ll show a. hovel construction of operating the lily B. Heretot'orel have relied on o. rebound of the lny to complete the etroltc'olf the lay itselfnnd lhrnt up the Weft. into close and uniform position; but I. have found that with the Illflrttjlbl'tflll nnd painstaking lelior tlwrc will he h ll 1Q diller once in the size of the Wire, mu! hence liability to noticeable difference in the evenness and compactness of the weaving. To overcome and avoid this objection I lntv'c provided the cam (11 with o rulliordinnto and supplemental cam-hecl 30. The roller Ill, in ()llf'l'itllllg her D, drops onto ninull cum 30' after leaving the shoulder of coin C, and the lay is slightly Witlulrnwn and again released to be thrown forward by the actualiugepring 1C. This does the Work tlioroinrlily and never fuils,-;ind inenree evenness oi." wearing however the wires may wiry.

Obviously the invention in restricted to all the details pointed out in the deeori 'ition, but at nearly every place may be varied or lllU(llll(ltl.HOllW- what end Stllllflllltlil sul'if'stentiallythc some as shown and deecri bod. Neither is itdociucd necessary here to point out the particular instances wherein equivalent constructions might be adopted instead, it being left to those skilled in the art to discover and apply these for themselves, may seem desirable.

The mechanism for operating: the shuttle carrier through or over the pulleys 5 in any case should be such as to multiply the trove! of the ehnttlc four or more times as compel-ml with its own initial movement, so as to giro the requisite speed to he shuttle.

1. -l,he loom frame, the lay pivoted at its top on said frame, a sheave supported on said frame at each side on n plnuo with the pivot of the lay and having a removed periphery, the shuttle carrier and belts each engaged at one end to said carrier and at the other end to sold sheaves, in combination with the short shafts 9 carrying Enid :sl1czwcs,tl1c pinions 1.0 thereoinand thogcnrwhcelsand shaft to rotate said ninione and menus to actuate said gem" wheels 21nd ehnl't nltcrruilely in on positc directione, substantially no set forth.

2. The 100th irzune, the lily pivoted at its 1 top on said frame, :1 nd o grooved sheave opposite each pivot, the Shuttle carrier, the bolts ettnched to mid carrier hurl enid sheaves, and e gear mechanism to rotate nnid shearer-1 to gather alternatively in opposite directions, in combinntiou with nnhzttt and. o pinion l-lto actuate said mechanism, pivoted port 16 llilV" ing at segmental gear engaged with enid pinion, and means to actuate enid nart; l6, enhnot uccesmrily ol. t'zonelruetiou etnntielly on set forth. 1

Witness my hood to the t'oregoin specification this 27th tiny of. 313553.895.

I Jtmlflhll W. li 'lll'll l. Witneneee:

H. T. FISHER, it. IS. Moenn. 

